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i ) i I - MAILS. ARRIVED=2. Gnttenburgh, I nnblin, i Waterford. Ous—t G(4tentaurgh, I Waterford, E SUN. acicati•clOis DICEAL FAL SUM . AUDIAT? L 0 ND 0 N, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1g; 1808. ['RICE OF STOCKS . Tuts DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - - - 66 J °whim' - dis. This morning Dispatches were received at the Admiralty from Sir EDWARD PELLEW, Bart. Com inander in Chief on the East India Station ; and from Sir JAMSS SAUSIAR EZ. LAST night two Gottentargh Mails arrived.. A report had reached that ,place, from Konigsburgh, that the EMPLHOR of lIUS§IA had expre , ,sed his de- termination to join Fiance in the war against Atwria. ,We fear there is too much foundation for this report, for we have seen private accounts, on which we place very great reliance, which state, that 'the Einperp . r ALEXANDER lid given orders 'or the formation of three camps on the frontiers of the Austrian Dominions, for the purpose, as, it was generally supposed; of over-awing Austria. Yesterday some Dat,c,h - Papers, to the 9th inst. reached town, but they are more than usually bar ren of intelligence: Such is the anxiety of BuotiA : PARTE to keep the people of the Continent in igno-. ranee of the affairs of. Spain, _ that though the Dutch Paper? profess to translate his Majesty's Speech on tile prorogation.of Parliament, yet all the passages in it which relate to Spain are left out. We are happy to find that a number .of Spanish Proclamations and Documents have found their way into ffolland, not withstanding all the precautions of the Tyrant; It is stated in private letterSs which; were received yeS ttrday, that sevewal . Proclamations were, about a fortnight ago, during the ,night, stuck up on the E)tchange, at ltotterdimi; They were taken down in the morning by the Police, and a reward of too guilders was Offered for the apprehension of the: person or personS who had poSted up such "wicked forgerics.' . There is 4 report mentioned in one of the letters which we have seen,which,, we trust, has no foun chtion in fat, and that is, that 13UpN4FARTE has a.kled to the long list of his atrocities the death .or FERDIN,AND VII. This report probably took its rise from the - extreme strictness with which the pyal Prisoners are watched, and the care that is takeh to prevent them from having the slightest inn ,f ercuurse with ny person except the spies and gaolerp by whom they are surrounded. - Letters from IlevfA state, that apprehensions are eniettainea of a fa nine next Winter, there is already a Very great s,-affiity of the imiLediate necessaries of Lie, and the total titagnation of trade adds to the vber - ill misery. In Esthonia, it is stated, that seve ya; pea4ants had been fond dead in Ehe fields, who bad been endeavouring 'to protrAa wretched e:,- istet ce by feeding uppn hay cud' carrion. Doubts have been expressed by some of our .- con temporaries, of % the truth of the stateniktitss in the snanish',Papers, respealing the defeat' of General IVION . CET; in 'Valencia. •The accounts 'of his de- feat, and of his subseq4ent escape to. Madrid with a very small' portion of his army, were corrobo rated . fretn so inatiy quarters, that there did not appear to us any ground for entertaining doubts 'upon the subjea. We hive extracted froni the Gi bralt4r .% . vhich . arrived yesteiclay an article I.atil2li Was officiiilly potllished in the Gariison, which confirms in ei'ety particular" the details - Which had ;tirevious-ly;rcht hell us respecting the defeat of MON.. his flight froth Valencia: - ' ' . Wednesday Fier I:l , l4JEsT* . g* dinner to the N ,hility a nd -Qehtr'y of Yitickor and' its environs, vhiclr AtS Cciati6ted -by the 'Princess ELI ZABETH. 'lite Prince of .WALES and Duke Of CLARENC.E fluxed at three o'clock, when the QUEEN, Prince car WALES, and- Dukes of CLARENCE and CAI - I..IEIDGE, Pri,cesses SointA, - AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, AMELIA % and MA - WV,'" sat (low if • in a large lieNe tent, v, lik.h was , prepared for them, to 4. 9 .1?... vet. The rest of the company - sal its the other tents andinarquees on the lawn, *While the bands di th e li•,Yal 'Lose Guards, Blues, and Staffordshire Mi playeo in : diiterent parts of the garden.. The l'ilandarines; from Vauxhall, .Here also present, and shewecitheir demerit); of hand to please the Young Ladirs and Gentlemen prietil. Af , dusk the. youth vis'Aor: had it ball, and lite Royal Fainil) and . N obility were present to see them dance. His 'MAJESTY arrindirom L neon about eight o'clock, and imme diately joined the party, and 3et-med highly delighted tieith the eittert-ainment. The Prince of WALES and • Drake of CLARENCE slept at the, Lower Lodge, "and Yesterday' morning, set-off 'for London. The hall bloke up at halt - past ten, when the KING, QUEEN, •etriti all.theiloyal.Vanlly returned to Windsor Palace. yesterday alorning tits MAJESTY,. Princesses So. PHIA;A.OGUSTA', .and AMELIA, accompanied- by Lady THYNNE, .Gen-gals CARTWRI . GHT and Ftrz- R.,y, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in- WindSor Park, and returned at welYe.• . Afterwards-.the PRINCEIISES . took a ride in the Pink for upwards o' an hour, acconfprinie4- by Lady'. TiIYNNE.RIICI Ctri9nel TAYLoR. . QUEEN and PRINCESSES tool ail:A(10g to erogpore Lode -and Gardens. , • 4 , .' • Yesterday a Csbinet Council was held at the fO - Oince. The Sitting commenced at half-past one, and did .not close until it was nearly seven o'clock. -Her Highness Princess SOMA of GLOUCtiTEit has lately purchased the Earl of ROSEBEARY'S house in Park-lane, which she is now putting in a tho rough state of,repair, as site means to occupy it on her return from the Isle of Wight. • A Letter fromijon, dated Aug. g, says--" The news from all quarters is most promising, and I have no doubt of a most glorious and happy result to Spain_ and to Europe. The General Assembly of this Pro vince has just planned an Expedition of great import ance, with the assistance and concurrence of General PONTE and Major RocHR, who have been ordered hither on the occasion."—" The Madrid Gazette confirms the report of the eight of Jos'Er BOONti rArrts and the Drench troops from that city ;, and we are well assured, that on,tbe 3d inst. not a singi Frenchman of any description remained in the capi tal. The, enemy have fallen - back upon Segovia, where they are said to be fOrtifying themselves." We have been favoured with the following ar ticle, which, we doubt not, will prove very satis fatiory ;—." In a letter just received from a Gen tleman of, high rank in the army in India, who has taken America on his way home, to hii brother in this country, we have the pleasure to be infibrmed, that the greatest part of the people of property and . the merchants there, are desirous of peace- with Eng land in preference to France, if both cannot be had; and that strop; remonstrances had been made by • the Northern enates - and States, against the em bargo, which it was thojagltt would soon be taken off; and as this-Gentleman was well' ntroduCed to the first companies in Baltimore, Washington; 'Phi ladelphia, and' New York, and resided some time in all those places, he had the best opportunity of be ing acquainted with the sentiments of the people 'upon this subje6." • - Advices were received yesterday from -Gibraltar, which confirm the defeat, of General .MoNcEY at Valencia. By the Gibraltar Papers to the 25th ult. it appears that the following statement had been offi cially published in the garrison : ' " D. VICEN'TE ROACH; Master of the Spanish vessel La Virgen de la,Cueva Santa, a native of Valencia; 47 vears - of age, and marries in the said town, where hiS family resides, has made the follow ing declaration upon path before D. FELIX. FIER.7 eettl, Honorary Commissary of the SpaniSlt.artnies, and Spanish Consul in Gibraltar . " On the night of Friday, the Sth instant, he sailed, on public service, from Valencia, for this place. On the 26th and 27th of last month, a . French army of 12;000 men having made its ap pearance within 'a league of Valencia, in the plain of Quarte, General CABO attacked them with a few re , but a considerable number of armed and un-' armed inhabitants, whose exertions, however, could not prevent the enemy reaching Valencia on the 28th. Upon their arrival they summoned the town to surrender, sending in a flag - of truce, which returned with a refusal. The French then attack ed the town by the Quarte Gate La Pichina, and Santa Lucia. There were no regulars in the place. On the preceding day, five thousand Muskets, and a quantity of powder, bad been received item Carthagena, which greatly _contributed to the glorious issue of the contest. Nine. thou band armed inhabitants manned the walls and forts. The deponent served a piece of cannon at St: Austin's Gate. The attack began at two in _the afternoon, and ended at, eight in the evening, when 'the enemy retreated to Quarte (one league 'from Valencia), where be remained the whole night. Two thousand' five hundred Men were tbuti(l dead, yvhorn.the enemy had left round the walk of the (own 'on the 28th, besides those in the fields. As the enemy c : mtinued his retreat on the 29t1, by the toad- Of 'Moira, he was pursued by General Count De; OERVISL.LON, reinforced by' General CAirn, their 'united armies amounting to upwards of four teeii thousand rneo, chiefly armed and unarmed in habitants. " At the same time a ntimber of the latter were in the mountains of Novella, with three . 8-pounders, 'so that the French were attacked htith i'n front and rear: In this last at:lion, which was fought more than ten leagues from Valencia, the whole of the French army was destroyed, tiro or three 'hundred horse excepted, who effe6ted their escape. This account the deponent heard on the :day of his departure, at noon, in the Hall.of the. Board of Government, where he .was receiving the iirders relative to his voyage. One of the Members inquired about MONCEy, and the Messenger answer l ed; that he had been wounded in the arm, and that another Ptench General had also received a severe wound, which he thought must have proved mortal. One hundred French prisoners had been brought from Cuenca to Valencia; who, together With fifty. More taken in the neighbourhood of the latter town, Were ient to Carthagena. •• " The French cattle by way of Cabrillas, where an action look 'place, in which they lost qooo . men & including a few who had been killed previcins to the this—norwithstandiug which. they. , pursued . their march. Only' a few Spaniards' were killed in the attack uncil . 'Valencia; but, in the preceding ac tions, the loss had beenconsiderable;partictilarly . at Las Cabrillas,. where upWards 700 . , Swiss, and neatly the whole of the regiment of Savoy, perished. All the Clergy, and even the. worndn, made.theM selves very useful in the defence of Valencia, the former with .musketh• and in :moving-cannon, the latter in making cartridges, after providing l them, selves With stones ' to ,annoy the French if they had ciiterea the town." Wherever Ihe banners 4- IltrosArAnTE have M- A fher!fibeen displayed, his way has been' prepared by the arts of intrigue, and victory rendered secure by the influence of gold, or the dislff'eaion of the peo, pie; The - power'of the common enemy of Europe 'may certainly be considered t 4• be much shaken.— The number of his best traopi which have fallen 'Spain, 'the necessity for the presence of cousidera - - ble armies in his vassal' countries,. and the spirit of revolt already said-6 be manifested among hi, nevi levies must materialy dimini,sh the fOrCe at his dis posal.. • The present moment is-, unquestionably, propitious, to the destinies of those Who groari under the despotism 'l;vhich has degraded 4nd diszraccd Elrope. • . . . • NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 38 Sail of Trans. ports, having on board the I Bth Light Dragoons and other troops, under the command of Gen. STEWART, for Portugal, under convoy of the Eurydice Frigate and Primrose Sloop of War. It was the Valiant:of 74 guns, which sailed yes terdai for Portsmouth, and not the Pompee, as mentioned in our last; tho latter remains in Cawsand silFEßNgps, Auq. 14.—Tbeionp , , a new Cutter Brig, is taken into dock to be coppered. Arrived the itggressor gun -brig, Lieut. WATSON, from the North Sea. Arrived from the River the i llqnzo 4loop of War. Some outward-bound East Indiamen have passed for the Downs, and several hpmeward-boutid West Indiamen have anchored to wait the flood, the wind I. being foul By a letter from an Officer of the Bed, of 74 guns, dated Rio Janeiro; June g, we learn, that the 4jtish Squadron then lying in that harbour,con sisted of the following Men of War, viz. London, go, Audrgant, 80, Marlborough, 74,. Monarch, 74, Bedford, 74, ilgamemnon, 64, Surveillante, Corilian ce, 24, • Hyacinth, 1 6, and Pitt hired' Brig, with rockets, &c. on board. The Cordiance and Hyricinth were under orders, supposed for, the River Plata, and'a rumour prevailed .that the whole Fleet, with troops from Rio Janeiro, were to proceed . against Monte Video, the news of the fa; l iourable . change in the affairs of Portugal and / Spajn not hav ing at that period reached them. • AUG. 1.7.----Arrived the Piercer Gun-brig, Lient. SIBBREL, from the North Sea; Exertion Gun-brig, Lieut. FORBES, from the Downs ; and Camilla, 2p guns; Capt. Bowim, from the West Indies. The Nore has exhibited for these two days past, one continued wood of shipping, passing for the River. Sailed this day his, Majesty's Ship Cherokee, for Deal. FALMOUTH, Auo. W.—Arrived Off, the Harbour this afternoon, the Arnerican Schooner Hope, Cape, WOODV'ARD, and landed a Messenger from Ale*an dria, in 23 days, with Dispatches for the Anieri'can Minister. The Hope proceeded for Havre without coming to an anchor. The Duke of Kent Packet sailed for England en the tgth ult. The Embargo still continued. TORBAY, AUG. 17.—Sailed the Chatitiel Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir T. DuctcwoßTH, to resume their station off Brest. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18. His Majesty's Ship Success is appointed Convoy for the Coast of Portu gil and Spain instead of the Pluto. DEAL, AUG. B.—Sailed this morning His Ma jesty's Ship Trusty, with.a Fleet of Trausports, for Harwich. Sailed throCgh the Downs the Cerberus, BOND, for Corunna. , Extra& ol.a letter from an Officer qn board the Tonnant, Admiral DE .COURCY, dated August ,g, .brought to Plymouth by the Intelli gent G un -b r i g , with dispatches to Governtnern.:— Madrid is evocualed, and General•BLAKE IS in pursuit of Marshal BESSIERLS. The animosity to-. wards thv French is as great as they deserve. The father-in-law of the American Consul, 72 years of age, 60 of which he has been at Corunna, is in .pri son, with the French Consul; and every one of that nation; one of whom found at large in the whole 'province of Gallicia would be instantly put to death_ Each individual 'wears a red circular cockade, with. " Viva FERNANTO VII." with the light-house in the centre, and theArcusolCurnnna around it; and ribbons with " Conquer or die for F'ERDINAND the The French Qlficers of La Sylphe, brought into Plymouth on Monday by the Cumet, were examined on the following day. After their examination, they visited the Commercial Coffee-house, and read the paper which gave an account of DUPONT's defeat and surrender, which they said was impossible. There might, to be sure, be some trifling disturb- . : •ances in Spain,.bbt of no consequence. When told of the surrender of the French Fleet to the Spanish garrison at Cadiz, they said with a shrug and a great deal' of non-chalance, Cc n'est pal ' By the hit accounts received from the East Indies we learn, that his Majestyys Ship Russell captured the Prench Privateer 44ek, on the sth of DCCillber last. ' • ' The British Navy, in 1660, consisted of 108 ves sels ;. in • 1688,.•the total. •was 173 ; in 17.58, 303 viz. of the line, 74—North rates, 72—fifth, 45 sixth, and under, 11g. Its amount- in 1783 was 646 ; and the.present aggregate, exclusive' of hired vessels, above one thousand. • If we estimate from it's earliest date, the proportion of its increase wialin the last half century has been'ainre than doubled. • • The captain 'of a Vessel which arriVed• yesterday from the Elbe, ..which site left on the.Bth instant, states, that the'whole of /the French-force had'evii-. cuated Berlin, by the 1514 ult. and had taken a direc tion towards Silesia. . , • . Twenty Transports engaged for the conveyance Of 9idnance,storolo Spain, are,,imrriediatcly to be ireighted, - and will sail with aul.posSihle'dispatch. • .A house in the City,'. conneaed with India, re ceived Letters yesterday, which positively State,. that the King of Persia had doclared War against this Country. , • ; • , 7,ltoif T DUTCH' P4PEI?S. PARIS, AUG. T.—According to the val ions ptNle notices of the Mayors of different towns, hti Ma jesty's arrival at Agen was fixed for the morning of, the 29th ult. and his departure for the evening of the' day following. His Majesty was to arrive at Boor. - dean% on the 30th in the morning;- about the Mitt instant he is expe6led at Angers, and on the It th or 12th at Tours. His 'Excellency Cardinal Fcscu hair returned 'to this capit4l. MADRID, JULY 28.—The King arrived here .oti I the 20th, at seven o'clock in the evening. His at 'rival was announced. by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon. All: the troops were - under arm's. The -Generals and Members of the Supreme Autho ritieswent to meet him. On the 21st, several pOr sons were admitted to an audience* Of his Majesty..-- A great Multitude of people presented themselves at the ,Windows, , and in the streets, and on all sides were heard exclamations of ‘! Long live ale King !"' • VIENNA, JU L Y 23.—1 t is rumoured that a Con-: - rier from 'Trieste hai brought advice that the Arne . rican,Sl4pi which were lying there being disposed to set sail, a piotest was taken by the parties interested against their departure, and that this 'proceeding oc cagionecl- some disturbances, . whiCh, howver,' were completely appeased by the presence of his Imperial • Highness the. Archduke JOHN.` Mercantile letter/ from that place, to the ioth inst. make no mention. of this affair. ' _ The Imperoj has appointed hia brother-in-law, - the' Archduke FERDINAND Governor of the King , , - ~ dorn.of Bohemia, where, according to report, the number of troops is increasing. The swine Archduke is also appointed Governor of Woravia ;ad the East- . . ern part of Silesia. , . PETERSBURGH, JULY Iq.- 7 -On the 14th, a Ship of 12,0 guns", and three frigates, were lainiched frori! • the Admiralty Yard; 'all Of them are extremely beautiful in' their strueture they have gone down tg, Cronstadt, where th e y will pe c om ple te l y ' r i gge d an d rfitted for sea. There are now' on the stocks, a Ship of the Line and eight Vessels of inferior rate. Sq9adron 'of several Ships of the Jane and Frigates, under -the 'command of Admiral CHANNIKOW, Wig -sail from Cronstadt in a few days.. • • REVEL, JULY 3.—We look with the most pair ful anxiety to the apprOaCh of winter, which Gila briug •uq nothing but'inisery : for , if things dO . speedily alter, we have to dread the,severest famine. There already prevails here a most oppressive iicarCiT in the immediate ,necessaries of life. p ou nd of • had rock salt costs ism 12 to 14 copecks, and even ' at this price is scarcely to be had ; a bottle of very bad wine sells fUr two roubles; coffeels a( c‘y'll rOll - per pound, sugar one rouble and a half, coW' mon bOr 15 copecks the bottle, and rye-meal IQ per pound. The silver rouble has risen from 106 t 0 208 copecks. In Esthonia, several boors have been • found dead in the fields. They had been4ating h 4 and carrion. , - A number of Russian troops are encamped here. . We hear no political news, and are all very 'peaceable. The Etiglish'occasionally make theit'appearance, ana have plated our roads under blockade, but hare all' dertaked nothing further. Of course there' is 0 0 . truth in the ' report mentioned in the D u tch paper s of our having sustained a bombardment, nor' does i 5 nem• that we .have. any to' fear. • 41 , ,ISTERDAM, AUG:. g.- 7 -Letters from Batav ia, - • t-he'rhouth of Deeernbet',"itare; -that the best clispo-.• sition prevailed among the tructps at Java. TO island - was so abundantly supplied w i t h prov l s ions, • that, at the request of . G eneral -Dge.terr, a consi derable quantity of shipped, `oil for the hle of , , • .France. - The crop of co . free Increases every year, and Java was in a state of the most complete tranquillity. — The disturbances in the kingdom*uf Bantam 'ceoe-d upon the arrest of a few disatfett e d 'po-sons ; and 01, .the insurgents atCherihan there remained buc a kW marauders, who took refuge fp the woods. The Governor-General, M. DAENDELS, arrive 4 at Batavia on the ISt of January last. • ' •We ,have received a copy of several General circler; issued before and after Sir A.i'VEL LESLE Y's inking the command of his Expedition ,, but of these the IQ l ** lowing is the only one subsequent to the :"="7. " Mondego Bay, his Majesty's Ship ba'ocgsir . zoch fu4, 1803. • _ _ " In the event of a landing being determined upor. in Mundego Bay, a signal was made to Capt. MA:I - which will be settled, at which time. it wOl be proper to moor the Horse Ships, and the ships having the Ordnance on board in the River. ThO Infantry' will then be landed from the Transports in the boats, and be rowed into the River, and landed , on the Solidi Bank of it. GeneraLFANes Brigade first, save the Veteran Battalion, which will remaia on board; General FERGUSOWS next, 'and Gen,eral , CRAUFUED'S, in tne rear, Eic." We have the satisfaction to add, that Sir A! V 1 WELLESLEY, Whose cha'aCter for intrepidity an 3. spirit will well permit such fcirbearanLe, had resolved, on learning that Sir list UHT lIVItRARD -was destined to join him, to tto nothing more than avail himself , in the mean time, of 'all lair opportunities, 'risking no imprOper sacrifice of his troops for the sake of achieving the' exploit himself. It Sir Arthur has been joined by General ANSTRUTHER, which alai .be reasonably hoped, his force will amount, hove ever, to more than I 80)0Q men, and we,,rather think something considerable, if not the whole objea, with be aecomplished before the arrival of the second Ex' - - pedition. • _ ••, • The King of PrUssia is said to be recruiting hi' army, but this we doubt. Nothing in aid of oppose•' tiou to France can be Wised for, we fear, twin Prussia, at:least for some time. ' Letters from Riga of the 2d inst. state, that the Emperor ALEANPER had gone to Finland, and that a Peace bdtweeti. Russia and . Sweden was general'. expected. .. • • • A deputation has set out from Naples to conga • tulate King 'Joe 'on his accession to the Spanish throne. Their journey "will not be so long vs they e 7 .' pecked, as:little• Joey will not fail to meet them at least half way. . • . • ' Pied on the sth. of May last, of a fever, aged' 19 .yearn, on• boar&-HiS Maj9sty'S Ship the •N ert. ;gate; off, the. Cape Good Hope i . H. R. Stitax.sY,' Esq. second son of EVELYN SLIIRLIIY, EA. of t itip - o cou, 'Warwickshire. :1 •